Brown v Administration of Norfolk Island [2013] NFSC 1

SUPREME COURT OF NORFOLK ISLAND

Brown v Administration of Norfolk Island [2013] NFSC 1 Citation: Brown v Administration of Norfolk Island [2013] NFSC 1

Parties: JOHN TERENCE BROWN v THE ADMINISTRATION OF NORFOLK ISLAND and BRUCE TAYLOR

File number: SC 4 of 2012

Judge: JACOBSON CJ

Date of judgment: 12 April 2013

Catchwords: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – procedural fairness – whether prospective job applicant entitled to be heard on whether he was an "eligible applicant"

Legislation: Court Procedure Rules 2006 (ACT), rr 3553, 3554, 3556 Public Sector Management Act 2000 (NI), ss 5, 28, 36, 54 55, 56 57, 58 Supreme Court Act 1960 (NI), ss 5, 19

Cases cited: Ainswsorth v Criminal Justice Commission (1992) 175 CLR 564 Annetts v McCann (1990) 170 CLR 596 Check v Administration of Norfolk Island [2005] NFSC 1 Ebner v Official Trustee in Bankruptcy (2000) 205 CLR 337 Elias v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2002) 123 FCR 499 Johns v Australian Securities Commission (1993) 178 CLR 408 Kioa v West (1985) 159 CLR 550 Minister for Aboriginal Affairs v Peko-Wallsend Ltd (1986) 162 CLR 24 Minister for Immigration & Citizenship v SZIAI (2009) 259 ALR 429 Minister for Immigration and Multicultural Affairs v Jia Legeng (2001) 205 CLR 507 Prasad v Minister for Immigration & Ethnic Affairs (1985) 6 FCR 155 Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 241 CLR 252 SCAA v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCA 668 SCAS v Minister for Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2002] FCAFC 397 Re Drake v Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs (No 2) (1979) 2 ALD 634